Telemarketing Campaign

[seabro]

Hi telemarketing experts,

I am in the IT business and am considering offering FREE IT healthchecks to local businesses.

The aim is to get in the door as I believe at least half of appointments would become regular customers.

I would like to have a pay per appointment arrangement with a telemarketing company.

The qualification would be quite broad. Must have an 029 prefix (Cardiff - to start), have at least 2 computers, and no IT Department.

A friend of mine had a similar deal run through india. His qualification was much more stringent and he paid £70 per appointment. He said it worked quite well.

Can I have your comments on this idea?

Thanks,

 

My first comment would be why ain't you using the same company he did.

FYI I would not be interested in taking this on, you could try to contact David Easton I think it is. here is on here.

Michael

 

[seabro]

I have asked him about 5 times over the last 4 months for the contact number of the company and he keeps telling me he will dig it out for me but maybe he doesn't want to give it to me?

Michael, could you tell me what you think about the idea. Sounds like it will be negative but since your an expert, maybe a negative from you is actually a positive for me and I ditch the idea.

thanks,

 

[daveashton]

Just out of sales curiosity how do you know if £70.00 per lead is good or bad?

Also you have not mentioned USP's and credibility statements, branding etc.

Last but not least giving things away for free is rarely a good solution for numerous reasons.

 

I have asked him about 5 times over the last 4 months for the contact number of the company and he keeps telling me he will dig it out for me but maybe he doesn't want to give it to me?

Michael, could you tell me what you think about the idea. Sounds like it will be negative but since your an expert, maybe a negative from you is actually a positive for me and I ditch the idea.

thanks,

In my opinion you are in a flooded market there are a lot of people doing what you are attempting to do, that said its not all bad news, my advice would be to focus locally first, that will be a key factor for many SME's, that you can be their within minutes!!
To make it worth while you may want to consider uping the lower level of PC's companies have to say 5 or 10, how much will 2 PC's really make you?
You should consider the fact that No work is better than 1 job that is more trouble than its worth. And would your Free consultancy time be paid back by a company of this size in the long run let alone making a real profit.
My advice would be to bring someone inhouse, yet a young wiper snapper looking for temp work have a go, I am sure you know some 18- 23 year old with the gift of the gab! this way its cheaper and you get to see the response, get him to arrange appointments for the free test this way you will get in the door. I would also suggest going to my website and downloading our free basic script, it should be short and sweet and to the point.

I hope this is of some help, call me if you want more advice, that goes for everyone.

Michael

 

[pradeepk2]

Hi,

I work for a Call Center in India, we would like to take the project.

Please revert with the Details .

Also send your contact details so that we can take it further ans send a formal proposal.

Pradeep

Hi telemarketing experts,

I am in the IT business and am considering offering FREE IT healthchecks to local businesses.

The aim is to get in the door as I believe at least half of appointments would become regular customers.

I would like to have a pay per appointment arrangement with a telemarketing company.

The qualification would be quite broad. Must have an 029 prefix (Cardiff - to start), have at least 2 computers, and no IT Department.

A friend of mine had a similar deal run through india. His qualification was much more stringent and he paid £70 per appointment. He said it worked quite well.

Can I have your comments on this idea?

Thanks,

 

[Chris Kaday]

'Last but not least giving things away for free is rarely a good solution for numerous reasons.'

Could not disagree more with this statement. I think this is a great offer providing people know what they will get specifically. What a great way to demonstrate your knowledge and the way you work.

I am always urging my clients to give something away on their web sites, information has a value and good information can go round the web like a rash.

I give most of what I do away and I really do not think people value it less. I also have a spooky way of knowing when to back away and when to charge.

Chris Kaday

 

[modelkids]

May have a long wait Pradeep the request was Dec 2005.

Maybe he has been looking for 20 months.lol

 

[sbanthia]

Hello Sean,

I am keen to undertake the project.

I, Sidharth Banthia am the owner of a 150 Seater Call Center based out of Kolkata, India, and have been in business for the last 4 years.

My company Wizard Enterprises Private Limited has undertaken quite a few performance based telemarketing projects in the UK, US and AUS, and can also provide you with ready references in all these countries, and across different domains. Wizard has catered to all its clients with utmost integrity, and have repeat business from them year on year.

We have 2 Million data for US business, hence targeting your potential customers will not be a problem. We have 2 years of experience dialling UK b2b processes.

Do get in touch if you see a positibe alliance

Best Regards,

Sidharth Banthia

Hi telemarketing experts,

I am in the IT business and am considering offering FREE IT healthchecks to local businesses.

The aim is to get in the door as I believe at least half of appointments would become regular customers.

I would like to have a pay per appointment arrangement with a telemarketing company.

The qualification would be quite broad. Must have an 029 prefix (Cardiff - to start), have at least 2 computers, and no IT Department.

A friend of mine had a similar deal run through india. His qualification was much more stringent and he paid £70 per appointment. He said it worked quite well.

Can I have your comments on this idea?

Thanks,

 

[telehammers]

We are a USA based pay per appointment b2b telemarketing service company. We would be willing to consider UK based campaign. check out telehammers.com

 

[telemax]

Hi Sean

I'm not going to even try and compete with anyone here on price or how many seats I have in a call centre. I'm certainly not the cheapest telemarketing company on UKBF or anywhere.

However what I do have is experience of telemarketing for IT maintenance companies, one in West London, one in East Anglia and one in Oxfordshire. All of them were successful ie resulting in a good number of appointments and paying business for the customer.

From my experience data is king. You need to make sure any companies that are called are more than 5 office employees and less than 50. Less than 5 and it's a friend sorting the network. More than 50 and there is an IT dept. I would also recommend not bothering with schools or Local Govenment.

As mentioned in a previous post, it is highly competitive, meaning there is a huge amount of initial legwork involved for any telemarketer in terms of call volume that is why the first month would allways be on a fixed rate. After that we are happy to look at basic and commision.

I think in your industry 70 pounds per lead is going to buy you someone who will just try to get you in front of anyone in order to make it pay for them, which will result in you wasting time and becoming disillusioned, the investment in a good lead I would say is double that.

I'd like find out a little more about your company and your USP's to see if we can help you. Drop me a PM if you are interested and I'll call you tomorrow

I hope this helps

Jonathan

 

[INDIZINE]

It's late Jonathan, go to bed, youre tired

 

[telemax]

Actually it's not that late on my side of the pond,

All the best

Jonathan

 

[OMNIGEN LEAD GENERATION]

I will be starting my Lead Generation consultancy by about the end of December. I am based near Cardiff and am used to speaking to IT managers from my 3 years in the Telecoms sector.

I also speak Welsh and am an effective telemarketer.

E-mail me with your number and we can discuss further Sean

Regards

Rod Jones

 

[youbetcha1018]

This is actually a nice business to start of. Many are interested to take your project. I used to work in a call center but quit due to time constraint. But have been doing home-based call center now for nearly 2 years, too young.

If you wish of having home-based call center agents, just let me know. Goodluck!

 

[Simon-M]

Nowt like digging up 3 year old threads. He is probably a multi gazillionaire by now living on a small island in the Bahamas.

 

[OMNIGEN LEAD GENERATION]

lol didn't realize the thread was that old! Anyway if anyone is interested in me generating leads for them, let me know

 

[Gillie]

lol didn't realize the thread was that old! Anyway if anyone is interested in me generating leads for them, let me know

Bloody hell, capitals?? Christ got a headache now, that or feel I am being shouted at!!

 

[OMNIGEN LEAD GENERATION]

What do you mean CAPITALS? Do you mean my user name? Hardly shouting on a forum now is it? lol

 

[seabro]

>>Nowt like digging up 3 year old threads. He is probably a multi gazillionaire by now living on a small island in the Bahamas.

Lol at this comment from Simon-M. I just logged back in to UKBF after about 20 years (original post was 2005). Not a gazillionaire yet but I do have a few more tokens than I did in 2005 and not the Bahamas but I do live in (mostly) nice weather near the beach (Algarve).